am i the only one experiencing nvidia control panel not coming with the driver and having to download it from the windows app store these days?

I am a 75 year old male with limited intelligence and eyesight but today I put together my first desktop pc--Thank You for your videos and instructions--Cliff

Can't wait to watch this 47 times on loop after i build my pc Edit (5/3/22): Since this has gotten so many replies and likes I figured I'd come back to say that I have now built my pc and everything went great! Hopefully everybody else that was also going to build their own computers as well was also successful and didn't have many issues either!

Learning how to build my first computer around 16/17, A LOT of what was in this video are things I have, to this day twelve years later, never done. Thank you so much for going over all of this. I’m not the newest kid on the block to building a computer, and now I’m not the most ignorant. Great video!!

This video is such a life saver. Honestly, I wish the hand holding continued and you included installing all the other drives all the way up to downloading a game and 🙈 some of us need to be led that far 😂… But I do appreciate how far you’ve taken me with this video. Thank you so much. 🙏🏽

What to do after building : >Realize you don't have time to play games >Download a clock screensaver >Let pc slowly turn into a 2000$ RGB clock

me: watching this before building my pc also me: realizes i'm going to have to watch this again once i finish

I'm more than a year late adding this comment, but thank you for this video. I built my first PC from scratch in November 2021, and this video was my 100% step by step after the physical PC was put together and plugged in. I've had so much fun improving and tinkering with the build since, but it wouldn't have been possible without your walkthrough on the things I wouldn't have known I needed to do before thinking I was "done" with the original build!

I can’t thank you enough. After two days of trying to figure out what was wrong and constant breakdowns. I finally found out I could reset my CLRTC. You are a literal life saver for a new builder like me.

"Guide: What to do AFTER building your computer..." Pray... pray that it works....

The real thing to do after building a new computer is to sit and stare at the spot where a new graphics card should go.

Thanks for the prep show, us older guys need this every so often. I built my first computer from parts, boy that was fun, but I am 84 now and I like the hand holding you provide. Another build under my belt.

So many guys I watch are pumping info out like it's their job and it gets boring to listen to. I like how it feels like an interesting conversation on your videos. I appreciate your videos so much.

1:08 - Installing Windows 7:49 - Windows Setup 12:46 - Windows Update 16:31 - Driver Installation 18:43 - Final Setup Tweaks

i cant wait to have multiple breakdowns while trying install windows correctly with this video playing on loop

This video was absolutely perfect Jay thank you. I finished my tower about an hour ago and because of this video I am now flying everything set up and working perfectly...much appreciated!!!!

Another important NVIDIA Control Panel option is Threaded Optimization - a LOT of games run better with this OFF, though your milage may vary. If you're experiencing inexplicable stuttering in a resource-intensive game, consider disabling this.

Who else is watching this and hasn't even started building a pc yet Edit: I finally built my pc, yay

He's like my maternal uncle who knows everything and to whom I look up. I feel comfortable here

Just want to thankyou jay for your videos. In the space of a week I've gone from having very limited pc knowledge, to designing and building my 1st pc to progress my dive down the rabbit hole of sim racing. Going from assembling, installing windows, undervolting my 12900k to get temps down and stress testing the build. Was also good to share the 1st build with my 8 year old son and get him hands on with me. Cheers 🍻, I'm now an avid follower for jayztwocents.

Jay and team - I just wanted to say thank you so much for this video. I just built my first ever machine and it bolted first try! Followed everything you taught me. Thanks!

That feeling when you spend all your money on hardware and have no money left for games...

Pro tip: after getting Windows up to date, run "disk cleanup" and delete the old Windows installation files freeing up 20 GB plus on your operating system drive. You're welcome.

Absolutely fantastic video, thank you. It covered so many things that I have and have had questions about. You and Linus are the defacto go-to sources of information, with you being a little more heavy on the information side, which I appreciate. Thanks!

Thanks so much for this video. I just built my first computer and I had no idea that RAM was de-tuned out of the box. I was only getting 3100mhz out of the advertised 6000mhz. What a difference after enabling expo! Programs open in the blink of an eye! Liked and subscribed to your channel.

me: watching this at 4:30am also me: never built a pc in my life.

"Don't freak out when you don't see your nVME drive" is what I needed to hear before my last build.

Such an amazing video. I've used this for reference on multiple computers now, as well as when I had to do a complete rewrite and install of windows one time. Thank you Jay and friends!

Thank you so much for this video. Used this with a majority of your videos with a few from other's to build my desktop.

My tip: Don't start doing this at 12 am when you have to work in the morning

This comment will likely get lost in the sea of others, but I am a veteran PC builder and upgrade every few years, I still learned a good deal from this video (my methods were slightly out of date). Everything here is super clear and concise and I even have a very similar build to you that I am about to piece together! Thanks for everything, liked and subscribed.

Great video. I'm currently putting together my 1st pc build but had no idea what to do when 1st hitting that power button. This video has given me great confidence that as long as I don't have any conflicts or errors, I can handle the initial setup. Thank you very much for sharing this info.

Step 1: Finishing setting up $2,000 water-cooled gaming PC Step 2: Play Runescape

*_TABLE OF CONTENTS_* *_==================_* 01. 00:00 - Introduction 02. 01:03 - BIOS and Hardware Preparation 03. 05:00 - Installing Windows 04. 07:42 - Windows Setup 05. 10:10 - Hardware and Hard Disk Setup 06. 12:30 - Windows Update 07. 16:27 - Driver Installation 08: 18:18 - Final Setup Tweaks 09. 22:18 - Wrap Up

This is the best set up video. Walked me all the way trough installing windows and configuring on my first proper desktop PC. I am actually a little bit proud that I managed to do it ''on my own'' but without Jay there's no way I would be able to finish all that successfully. Thank you!

I’m the process of building my first machine in years! Your vids have been a god send! Especially the one on what we don’t need! All the bogus RGB extras! I’m already buying some pretty valuable equipment and as you said RGB should be an afterthought. I was under the impression that more expensive was better…

As a person who has never built a PC before (I'm planning to soon), this was a great tutorial. Very informative and easy to understand. Thanks JTC.

Step 1: install Windows. Step 2: go DARK mode.

thanks Jay, got my first ever build and this video is as concise and to the point as it gets. appreciate your content, keep going strong!

This is a perfect example why Jay is the OG of the PC Nerd channels in my eyes. - he's a teacher... not a salesman, a spec reviewer, or a "personality"... he's just a dude who uses his ability to articulate his knowledge, to help people like me.

❤ Thanks so much for sharing these next steps with us!

Digging that hoodie! I recently got into computers and started researching all I can then I found your channel, have been binge watching. Appreciate the info you provide

I've built four systems, and still come back to videos like this. It's always good to review and make sure you're doing it right. Thanks for the video!

one thing I really like about installing a fresh windows is that how clean your desktop looks at the start :)

2 years later, I'm building my first pc and this was a ton of help. Mainly with the fresh windows install! Going all out for this one.

I just put my desktop Tower in the shop to be upgraded and I'll follow this video first thing once I get it back. There's no telling what that shop is doing in my desktop and it's set up phases. So optimizing it to Jay's recommendations is top notch! Thank you very much Jay!!

Hey Jay, I know this video is kind of old, but I just built my first computer today and your videos really helped me out. Thanks for the content. You're the best!

You can tell how reliable windows is by the number of times he says “may or may not”

I just completed my first PC build. This video was a absolute life saver. Thank you so very much!!

I’m getting ready to build a new am4 rig and used this as a refresher. I also used this video to learn how to do it in the first place. Best tutorial ever

“Go to google” *goes to bing* “Do as I say, not as I do.”

Alright, this post was made a month ago. The way it was written is past tense. There are already a ton of people telling me how to get Windows and such. So why the HECK would you still write a comment to me repeating the exact same good damn thing? Tf?!

Man, this video is just pure GOLD! THANK YOU for this! Very insightful and useful! Kudos!

Outstanding tutorial...you have managed to combine a huge amount of knowledge into a single place...the "caveats" /warnings were especially helpful...also I found it particularly helpful to have the section of the install that you were describing, to be highlighted below so that one does not lose their bearings so to speak...much appreciated...jo'c

Tip: if you don't want to use the 3 security questions, don't enter a password during setup (you can leave the field blank). It will then skip the security questions. After setup, add a password through computer management or settings-users accounts

"If you have a job, school, and studies and u need sleep there is basically no time to play games" Me:"And I took that personally."

2 years on and it's still a well-made How-To. One thing I will add, if you right-click the start button, you can go to Disk Manager (or a bunch of other system admin/management tools) from that menu.

3 years later n still a great vid! Thanks for your awesomeness!!

I've built countless PC's for friends, family and customers. This is the one video that I keep returning to, time and time again. Jay has the best method to completely setting up a brand new PC and he shows you all the little tricks and tips that save you so much time. I'm so glad this video continues to get more and more views, helping out more and more people to have a smoother PC building experience. Side note, but I also use Jay's troubleshooting videos, he has a very smart and methodical approach when dealing with computers that need diagnosing. Fantastic work here Jay, keep up the amazing content! :)

Jay: “I’m not gonna tell you how to make a windows install media” Also Jay: *Tells you how to make a windows install media*

You are the man Jay! Thank you so much for all the guidance you provide. You have helped me successfully build my first PC!

This has been a big help for me. I watched this before my desktop was delivered, I've had a bit of delay because I've spent all my cash then I needed to buy an OS and some apps. After a few months I was able to follow everything, thanks a bunch there's been some improvements. Bless you man!! 😊😇

"To get into BIOS you just gotta mash the Delete key" *heavy rock music starts playing*

I’ve watched this video 3 time and just ordered all my parts so I’ll be back again Update: Surprisingly easier than I thought. Had issues with it going to sleep and not waking up instead of restarting but I just turned off fast boot and everything has been running fine all week

As always another excellent tutorial for all of us to learn from, keep up the good work! 👍

I had absolutely no idea how to begin when I finished building my tower. This was SO HELPFUL!! Thank you Jay!

that 5 second moment when you mentioned removing the flash drive when stuck in a restart loop saved my life

1:02 Installing Windows 1:32 Bing by Google 7:42 Windows Setup 12:41 Windows Update 16:27 Driver Installation 18:17 Final Setup Tweaks

Great video! I just finished my first new build in a while, and this was a great reminder. Thank you!

absolutely amazing video! super straight forward and helped me out after getting my nice new shiny pc all put together! thank you so much!

Linus got me through the hardware, you got me through the software. Thank you so much man.

Why does this sound more complicated than building the pc

3 years later this video still was so extremely helpful in current times :) thank you so so so much man!

Very helpful video! I'm waiting for parts to come in for my first build and I will be referencing back to this guide. Thank you!

When I decided to build a pc when I was about 16 I researched parts and build guides every day for a while until I felt proficient enough to buy the best parts in my price range and build it. I knew more about different parts and functions that I probably needed to, and when I was done building I turned it on and had 0 clue what to do next. I had no idea how to get windows on my computer and didn’t even know what a driver was. Just shows no matter how much you spend on a pc, optimizing and using the damn thing are most important.

Very inaccurate and wrong. He didn't even show me how to download more ram.

Great video. The only thing that was missing is how to stress test to make sure all the components are working properly

I just finished my first build since the 386/486 days. And thanks to you, my build went (almost) flawless! A few things have changed since your video, so I had to do some additional research to figure out, but you are my number one "go-to" for information! Gigabyte z790 gaming x ax, i9-14900kf, under a liquidfreezer iii 360, PNY 4090, 128gb Titan stix. All crammed into the 5000D Airflow box.

11:00 - To access disk management, Right-click on the start, and there is Disk Management (along with other key items that you need often).

This video saved my pc. Didn't realize windows installs old video drivers. Old drivers caused several BSODs when gaming. Clean install fixed everything. Lifesaver!

Thanks Jay, this video helped me build my first PC

Thanks for taking the time to educate

A complete guide giving a wholesome view of getting your system up and running once it's built. Absolutely basic and informative. We have so many pc builder videos but no-one is talking about what to do next. Thanks a ton Jay,this video is a savior, loved it!!

Pro Tip: Download all your drivers, tools, must haves to a USB drive before hand and use that to install everything after OS is installed.

Thank you for making this video. I bet I have watched it 15+ times. 😅 I know this is pretty elementary for your channel. I just wanted to let you know this video helped me “finalize” my build. And I trust your information because you are an expert in your field. I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas!

saw this today like 3 years after it was posted, learned so much. very easily explained. thank you.

Be sure to buy a USB stick that´s "really over 8Gb" to install windows, most brands will market 8gb media but will only be about 7,8gb and Windows will not allow you to install from that stick.

I can't believe what the "BIOS" screen looks like these days! lol It's own GUI! Great videos. Thanks!

Built first computer ever with my son. Your videos helped make it possible. Thank you!

Watching old JayzTwoCents videos for a refresher!!! Love his videos!

Q: What to do after building your computer... A: watch the verge again...

another excellent video. I built my first computer back in the mid 90s. I knew nothing, and I mean nothing, about computers. A friend was kind enough to give me a Packard Bell computer. It was running Windows 3.1. I used that for about a year and really got into it. I started reading computer magazines. After a year or so I felt like I outgrew that machine so I ordered a case with the motherboard installed from Tiger Direct. Don't ask me how but I got the parts I needed, put them all together and lo and behold, it booted up! A friend lent me his Windows 95 disc and I was off and running. Never looked back. Been hooked ever since. Eventually ended up working in IT for 20 years. Have built many computers for myself over the years. Sure could have used youtube back then. I still watch channels like yours and I still learn things. Thanks for all that you do for the computing community.

I’d love to see a PART 2 to this video on benchmarking your new system and how to save the data for comparison to changes later for a “stock” reference point.

This helped a lot. First time installing a new boot drive

Can't thank you enough for this tutorial. Helped immensely for my first custom PC.

9:09 - Windows hates this trick

Step 1: Spend 3.2k Step: 2: Leave it on during a thunderstorm. Step 3: Turn it into an overpriced toaster. Step 4: Wait for repairmen to take longer because of Covid 19.

Great video Jay! I will need this during Christmas. Building my first PC.

Good stuff. I've been building my own PCs since the mid-90s and I learned a couple of things.

after watching this: *visible excitement* checks wallet: *has two cents* Edit (11/23/21): I earned enough money with the job that I love and I just returned here to finalize the settings to make my newly build pc running smoothly.